In my last post, I suggested that we, as a society, have, in fact, passed "...through the looking glass." Well if any of you need further evidence, let me refer you to the Oakland, California (where else?) coffee shop which has just announced a policy of refusing to serve police officers. The shop claims to be doing this for the "...physical and emotional safety..." of its customers and staff. It seems that, in the view of the shop owners, the Oakland cops have a "legacy of...repression". And, in addition, they either represent or manifest or display (or, maybe all three) something called "Toxic Masculinity". I'm not sure what that means, but it does make me wonder about the coffee shop's concern with "toxicity". I say this because the coffee shop is named "Hasta Muerte" which, depending upon which on-line dictionary you employ, either means "Until the End" or "Until Death". If the latter is the intended translation---which I believe it to be, then, in my view, it's time to get concerned about the ingredients they use to brew their coffee. This shop could bring a whole new meaning to the phrase "A latte to die for..."
Then, again, the news from the coffee shop made me also wonder about their "toxicity" terminology. To wit: if there is such a thing as "toxic masculinity", is there also such a thing as "Toxic FEMININITY" and if so, how does it manifest itself? Could it be in the form of the "#me too" movement which has certainly proved toxic to the reputations, not to say the careers, of several Hollywood legends?
Or, should we consider the latest, and certainly most pornographic effort to make political hay by making allegations concerning the President's past bad behavior. This, of course, being the "Stormy Daniels Affair" (pun intended). Although, in Ms. Daniels' case, I would suggest that we'd have to change the phenomenon's name from "Toxic Femininity" to "TOXIC FEMALENESS " because, I've seen her website, and, while it is true that she is, indeed, female, Ms. Daniels is certainly NOT, a person who could be, in the classic sense, described as feminine! Rather, she would be more accurately described. to use a phrase favored by my grandmother, as being---"Hard as nails". In my view, that says it all.
Then, again, the news from the coffee shop made me also wonder about their "toxicity" terminology. To wit: if there is such a thing as "toxic masculinity", is there also such a thing as "Toxic FEMININITY" and if so, how does it manifest itself? Could it be in the form of the "#me too" movement which has certainly proved toxic to the reputations, not to say the careers, of several Hollywood legends?
Or, should we consider the latest, and certainly most pornographic effort to make political hay by making allegations concerning the President's past bad behavior. This, of course, being the "Stormy Daniels Affair" (pun intended). Although, in Ms. Daniels' case, I would suggest that we'd have to change the phenomenon's name from "Toxic Femininity" to "TOXIC FEMALENESS " because, I've seen her website, and, while it is true that she is, indeed, female, Ms. Daniels is certainly NOT, a person who could be, in the classic sense, described as feminine! Rather, she would be more accurately described. to use a phrase favored by my grandmother, as being---"Hard as nails". In my view, that says it all.